Atlantic Pilotage Authority Regulations

18 (1) An applicant for a licence or pilotage certificate shall, within 60 days and not later than 14 days prior to the date of the examination, provide the Authority with

• (a) documents establishing that the applicant is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as described in paragraph 22(2)(b) of the Act;

• (b) a birth certificate or other official document showing the date and place of birth of the applicant;

• (c) documents establishing the navigational qualifications of the applicant;

• (d) a written report of the results of the medical examination referred to in section 6 of the General Pilotage Regulations; and

• (e) a letter of recommendation that includes information about the applicant’s history of ship handling and navigation from

  • (i) the applicant’s most recent employer, if the applicant was employed by that employer for more than two years, or

  • (ii) each of the applicant’s two most recent employers, if the applicant was employed by the most recent employer for less than two years.

(2) In addition to providing the information required under subsection (1), an applicant for a pilotage certificate shall have completed, within the two years before the date of the application, while being on the bridge of a ship, at least

• (a) 12 one-way trips in each of the compulsory pilotage areas in which the applicant is to perform pilotage duties, if the compulsory pilotage area is Miramichi, Restigouche or Saint John in New Brunswick, Holyrood, Placentia Bay, St. John’s or Stephenville in Newfoundland and Labrador, Cape Breton, Halifax or Pugwash in Nova Scotia or Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island; and

• (b) four one-way trips in each of the compulsory pilotage areas in which the applicant is to perform pilotage duties, if the compulsory pilotage area is Bay of Exploits or Humber Arm in Newfoundland and Labrador or Confederation Bridge in Prince Edward Island.

(3) An applicant for a pilotage certificate shall provide the Board of Examiners with documents confirming that the applicant meets the requirements of subsection (2).

(4) An applicant for a pilotage certificate in respect of an area that is established as a compulsory pilotage area need not comply with subsection (2) if

• (a) the application is submitted within six months of the area being established as a compulsory pilotage area; and

• (b) the applicant provides the Board of Examiners with documents establishing that the applicant was in the area, on the bridge of a ship that is subject to compulsory pilotage under section 4, within the five years prior to the area being established as a compulsory pilotage area.